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Country Profile: Reunion

Country Resources


Thematic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
The World 1:30,000,000 Scale Topographic Map Series 1145 (NGA)DMA1:30,000,0002

Global Census Archive: GIS Census Data

East View Geospatial has an ongoing effort to add GIS census data to our Global Census Archive program. Please contact us for the status and availability of Reunion census resources.


Global Resources

Topographic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Soviet Military City PlansVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)Varies1944 – 20033017
Soviet Military 1:100,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:100,0001947 – 199924897
Soviet Military 1:200,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:200,0001949 – 200917799
Soviet Military 1:500,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:500,0001953 – 19983093

Nautical
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
NGA Nautical Charts POD Certified (All Scales)National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyVaries1943 – 20134517

Aeronautical
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Joint Operations Graphic (JOG) 1:250,000 – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:250,0001958 – 20074204
Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC) 1:500,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:500,0001967 – 2006598
Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) 1:1,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:1,000,0001969 – 2001243
Jet Navigation Chart (JNC) 1:2,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:2,000,0001971 – 1999117
Global Navigation and Planning Chart (GNC) 1:5,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:5,000,0001981 – 199927

Geoscientific
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Soviet Military 1:1,000,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:1,000,0001948 – 19941089

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Historical Country Mapping Information

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Topographic

The French overseas department of Réunion is mapped by French agencies. The Institut Géographique National (IGN) compiles the basic scale for the island, a 1:25,000 scale series, recast in six sheets in 1992 and conforming to the French TOP25 specifications. This photogrammetric series uses the UTM projection, International ellipsoid, shows relief with 10 m contours and has replaced earlier 1:50,000 scale and 1:25,000 scale Série bleue coverage.

Soviet military topographic mapping is available at the following scales: 1:1,000,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1994); 1:500,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1989) and 1:200,000 (2 sheets, complete coverage, published in 1985). These products are available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.

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Nautical

Hydrographic charting of the island is published by Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM). It includes two 1:60,000 scale charts of the island (with 1:10,000 scale insets) and a 1:175,000 scale overview chart.

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Geological/Scientific

Earth science maps of Réunion published by Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) include a four-sheet 1:50,000 scale geological map and 1:100,000 geological map with raised relief. Volcanic mapping has also been carried out.

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Soil

Resources mapping of the island from Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM) has included single-sheet soil coverage map, and some 1:40,000 scale mapping of the northwestern part of the island.

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Atlas

The national atlas was compiled by IGN in the mid-1970s, with nearly 200 maps of Réunion mostly at 1:150,000 scale. CNRS Éditions recently published a detailed linguistic and ethnographic atlas of the island in its regional linguistic atlas project. Office National de Tourisme et de l’Artisanat (ONTA).

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Tourist/Reference

Indexed street guides to the major settlements are locally published by SARL Azalées Éditions, Ste-Marie. IGN also publishes a regularly revised 1:100,000 scale tourist map, and a raised plastic relief map of the island.

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